Evening Star Newspaper, September 8, 1926, Page 8

THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C. THE EVENING STAR/|to time departments have been creat-| that he got his own strewings. So ed as the country has grown and the | the sportily garbed motorist trudged With Sunday Morning Edition. WASHINGTON, D. C. WEDNESDAY . .September 8, 1926 THEODORE W. NOYES. .. .Editor The Evening Star Newspaper Company Bustnecs Offfce: . 11th St.and Pennsylvania Ave. New York Office: 110 East 42nd 5t. Chicago Office: Tower Bullding. European Oftice: 14 Regent St.. London, England. with_the Sufax ‘niorn- rw!"‘\w earriers within r montl da'ly only. 3 Sun, only. 2 e per month. Orders may be seut by mail or telephone Main 5000. Collection is made by 1'of each mont! Rate by Mail—Payable in Advance. Maryland and Virginia. S Daily and Sunday....1 Daily only 4 Sunday’ only ‘The Eveni: S Ine edif 5 ; s per mont Il Other States and Canada. . $12.00: 1 mo., $1.01 SR.00: 1 mo. $4.00: 1 mo. Member of the Associated Press. The Assoriate] Press i« exelusively entitied ta the use for republication of il nows dis- “hes credited 10 therwigs cred- Tted in this paper ha local nevs pablished herein of publication of special dispate 1o Al8o reserved Washington at Philadelphia. statement of Washing- ton's for Americanization on the of District at the Sesquicentennial Exhibition was as- sured by the action I night of the Chamber of Commerce directors; who voted to nmame a committee to co- operate to that end with the general committee on District day. This ac- tion makes certain that the Capital's ase will be presented to the Ameri- an Philade i It highly appropriate that hould bhe so stuted. No more significant place or occasion could be had for this dem- onstration The esquicentennial being held in celebration, as the title signifies, of the one hundred and fif- tieth anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence, which guaranteed to the American people the right of representative govern- ment. The District of Columbia is the only American community which is denied participation in representative zovernment. 1t is now seeking thdt right, as it has sought it for vears, and is engaged in a vigorous effort to secure it. It has recently through its representatives been heard by a com- mittee of Congress in behalf of a con- stitutional amendment under which the ional le; ature may grant that right, so long denied, so justly deserved. The fact that the District people will on the occ on of District day at the Sesquicentennisl be the guesls of Philadelphia does not make it in any sense inappropriate that they should -call attention to their disfranchise- ment or to the steps which are being taken to remedy that denial of the principles of the Declaration of Inde- pendence. There is no'reason to think that the people of Philadelphia would take exception to such a statement of the issue of national reprgsentation for the Capital. Washington will on tne sixth of Oc- tober participate in the Sesquicenten- afal program as an American commu- nity, proud of the establishment and the maintenance of the principles enunciated in the great instrument drafted and signed one hundred and But it will partici- community if it does reiterated protests ngainst exclusion from the American rights that were guaranteed by that instrument. In order to secure national repre- sentation the District must win the support of the people of the States, first through their representatives in Congress for the proposal of & con; tutional amendment, and second to its ratification by slatures. The votes that will give votes to the Dis- trict will be t first in Congress by national representatives elected in the States and nes ate capitals by local represent: by the people of thos It Washington is ever to be en- tranchised in terms of national repre- sentation it must persuade the people of the country of the righteousness of its cause. It must arouse the people of the States to the enormity of the injustice which has denied this en- lightened, progressive, loyal commu- nity the fundamental right of repre- sentation in the body that makes its laws and in the election of the Fed- eral executives. At Philadelphia on the sixth of October the appeal should and it is now assured will be made not merely to the people of Philadelphia, the cradle of American tiberty, but to the people of the country at large through their representatives who may be there assembled in attend- ance upon the g t fair that is being held to commemorate the Declaration which is cperative throughout the United States with this single excep- tion of the National Capital. ———— Adequate oceasion people t ives A few LEuropean statesmen regard the prosperity of the U. S. A. as an economic abnormality which they are willing to assist in remedying. ] Departmental Reorganization. It is stated in dispaiches from the Summer White House that the Presi- dent has little hope of the enactment at the next session of Congress of the bill for reorganizing the executive de- partments. Thus that great reform which is so urgently needed will go over to another Congr Surveys the departmental or- ganization Lhave been made on several occastons, and all have shown a seri- ous lack of co-ordination, with much duplication. for the read- justment of departments and bureaus have been drafted, and finally a plan has been devised that arouses a mini- mum of opposition. Still, Congress for one reason or another does not put it on the list of measures to be adopted, and the administrative work of the Government continues to suffer in consequence. Under the Constitution the Govern- ment of the United States is divided into three component part of Schemes executive legislative and judicial. may be organized by act of Congress. The dministrative branch may be placed under one head or under many, with A the President as the chief. From timg ilack so elected | executive business has diversified. There were originally but three de- partments and a shadowy organiza- tion of a fourth. There are now ten, with several propositions pending for Iflddltlonal departments. From time to time bureaus have been created with- in the departments and independent establishments have been provided for. It is in the relation of these bu- reaus and independent establishments that the present confusion exists, to cure which the reorganization meas- ure is proposed. Naturally opposition to any project for a change arises on the part of those affected. Those in charge of existing units of Government work as a rule resist reorganization. Some favor it, realizing that better work can be done with readjustment. But if this opposition prevails the Govern- ment wiil continue indefinitely to suf- fer from its present lack of co-ordina- tion, its overlaying jurisdictions, its duplication of service and its needless expenses for maintenance. No large business corporation would long tolerate such a condition. It would reorganize for the sake of economy and efficiency. It would eliminate superfluous branches and divisions, consolidate related offices and prevent excrescent growths. Con- gress is the board of directors of the Federal corporation. It alone can ap- ply the necessary remedy to cure the present ill of Government confusion. In the interest of economy and ef- ficiency it should act to that end. —————s Not Entitled to Mercy. Appeals against revocation of per- mits have been flooding upon the D trict Commi 5 ariver who is with drunkenness, recklessness and other offenses and who has had his permit revoked has made haste to spread his tale of woe before the officials of the District, to protest against the outrage of not be- ing allowed to drive in the fair City of Washington. Drivers who have run down little children and left them in the street without even a backward glance, drivers who have filled them- selves up with liquor and started on death rides through the streets, and drivers who have blinded pursuing policemen with noxious gas from the exhaust, have all filed their appeals against revocation of their permits And, wonder of wonders, they are the recipients of sympathy in their pitiful plight by a certain portion of the publ who have been re- fused the privilege of driving because of their dangerous proclivities and deeds, are supported in their drivel about injustice by short-sighted .senti- mentalists. It is nauseating. Instead of lessen- ing the revocations of permits, thev should be increased. There is no sense in letting eriminally reckless rsons drive through the streets They are a public menace and a dis- grace to the great body of consclen- tious motorists. The heavy hand of the law should be clamped down tight upon them and should stay down. It is the veriest nonsense to sympathize with the type of driver who commits traffic offenses serious enough to merit permit revocation. He should be put off the streets for good and all and no amount of weeping and walling of the sentimentally inclined should be allowed to change the stand for law, order and public safety. fedds o | Arthur Brooks. Arthiur Brooks was known by a great multitude of people as a man and as a public servant. His death in this city vesterday occasions deep sorrow for the “untimely passing of one who has earned and held the high respect not only of the community, but of many persons outside of Washington who have come to know him during the long period of his Government duties. Iis was an exceptional career. He came to this city as a youth and se- cured the position of chief messenger {to the Secretary of War. For half a century he has remained here in that and one other task. In these two signments, first at the War Depart ment and for seventeen years and a half at the White House as personal attendant upon the President, he held the confidence of many offictals. Ten successive Secretarie: | four Presidents of the United States relied upon him for service, which he rendered with dignity and efficiency. In other ways he was a useful citizen. He_was greatly interested in the or- ganization of the District National Guard, rising to the rank of major in the 1st Separate Battalion and retir- ing with the rank of lieutenant col- onel, earning a gold medal for twenty- five years of service. Had it been possible for him to do so, Col. Brooks could have told a vividly interesting story of his half century of depart- mental and White House duty. He saw the making of history in*the two roles which he filled, from a point of view held by but few. But with a fdelity that was exceptional he re- spected the confidences reposed in him and thus established a remarkable record of loyal efficiency far better than the passing fame of entertaining narration. e Secret treatles are hard to prevent. In discussing reservations, the pos- sible mental reservations cannot be definitely analyzed. ——— Trash Spreaders. Making the punishment fit the crime has its decided merits in many cases. The principle was followed the other day by the chief of police of Interlaken, a suburb of Asbury Park, N. J., who, while driving on the road near the town, noted a motorist a little distance ahead from whose speeding car pieces of paper flut- tered occasionally, to litter the road- side. Newspapers and food contain- ers and paper bags were strewn along the way. The chief followed, and finally overhauled the speedster and compelled him to go back over a mile of road and pick up the trash that had been scattered by him and his passengers. He protested that not all of the stuff that lay alongside the | road had come from his car. The po- | | lice chief, with the sagacity of a Solomon, declared that only by pick- along the road and gathered up the trash, which soiled his “ice cream pants” and his natty silk shirt. He weakened after a time and said he would rather spend a month in jail than conunue the toilsome job. The chief agreed to let him take that alternative, but he decided to go on with his wearying trips, bringing the trash to the car, into which it was packed. When he had finished to the satisfaction of the police chief he was a sorry-looking person and quite humble in spirit. He was then arrest- ed for speeding. Trash strewers are an offense to the public, ‘and should be treated in Jjust this manner whenever they are caught. They are not only motorists. They are, indeed, usually pedestrians. They have no thought whatever for the appearance of the highways. To them a bit of paper that has served its purpose is something to cast aside. In the parks, in the streets, in the country, they raddle the landscape with debris. Perhaps they are untidy at home, and their own private prem- ises are always disheveled. Or it may be that they are neat at home and disorderly only when abroad. But in any case they are public nuisances and deserve some form of corrective and lesson-teaching punishment. This Interlaken police chief has shown a way to bring them to book. e Flashing Beacens. Assistant Traffic Director Moller is desirous of equipping every street car loading platform in the city with a concrete-based flashing heacon to prevent repetition of an accident on Sunday night, when a motorist smashed into one of the platforms and fnjured a woman for a car. There hate been several cases of this kind within the last few months and the assistant director be- lieves that some means should be taken to make loading platforms im- pregnable to automobile attack. In this stand he will be given the hearty support of all Washingtonians. If the street car platforms are not safe against the onslaught of reckless motorists they should be made safe with as little delay as possible. Con- crete flashing beacons serve not only as a warning to the motorist, but as protection to those on the platform. They are a traffic necessity of the present day and their use should’ be encouraged at all points where they can be utilized to save life and limb. S e It has been figured out that Leo- pold and Loeb may be liberated, in case of good behavior, in about eleven years. It is unfortunate that good behavior in a penitentiary of- fers no guarantee of good behavior when liberty is regained. o Chemists remind the public that there is aleohol in home bread. There will be no sensible objection to any- body’s absorbing as much alcohol as he wants in this particular form. o i World Court proceedings have al- ready been of great value in clearly defining the precise mental attitudes of several nations toward one an- other. e A number of European statesmen, hearing of the liberal spirit of the U. S. A, would like to find some method of transforming a legitimate loan into an endowment. e Mexico is one of the richest coun- tries on earth, but is handicapped by the spirit of brigandage, which makes even ordinary get-rich-quick methods appear comparatively slo oo Bootleg beverages are now con- sidered a success if they permit a vietim to be carried to his home in- stead of direct to a hospital. oo Germany is still a thrifty nation with an economic sense of the value of corn and cabbages as a basis of reliable money. e The tide of prosperity is running s0 high that it has even an overflow for the benefit of the bootlegger. e ASHOQTING STARS. BY PHILANDER JOHNSON Seeking Safety. I wandered down the country road That seemed so free from care. Once more in idleness T strode Through that quaint thoroughfare. A flivver bumped me to the right. Of joy T was bereft, And then another hove in sight And slammed me to the left. ‘Most everywhere the flivvers flit When carelessly I stray; And that is why T go and sit In some dull cabaret. The Demand for Athletics. “A political candidate is now sup- posed to show an interest in all kinds of athletic sports.” " answered Senator Sorghum. “T do hope my admiring constituents will draw the line at expecting me to swim the English Channel.” This Harsh World. A mother’s love is full of joy Her offspring she will doll up. How can this harsh world take her boy And hand him such a wallop! Jud Tunkins says a meddlesome man can make more trouble in ten minutes than a cautious one can cor- rect in ten yea Family Diplomacy. “Your father doesn't like me,” said the young man. “That's all right,” answered Miss Cayenne. ‘“Speak to mother. She al- ways makes it a point to disagree with fathes Silly Seasons. The silly season fades away With Summer, we serenely say. The promise brings a gentle thrill; Yet Winter may be sillier still. * said Uncle Eben, “ ‘pears to be whut 'most everybody has on deir minds even when dey is tryin’ who was walting | ‘What shall be done with the bright young gentleman who always knows something better, brighter, greater, larger than any one else? He has seen men run faster, horses go farther, ships sail swifter than any one else in the world, evidently. If you know. a celebrated actor, he knows two of them, cach more fa- mous than your puny ‘“star.” The prize fight you saw was a good one, admittedly, but you should have seen the one he saw! You may have tried out some 30 or more brands of smoking tobacco in vour search for the perfect blend— but, say, have you ever smoked A. A. Mixture? The way the gentleman asks the question plainly shows you that yvour taste in tobaccos, in his opinion, is excessively primitive. A. A. comes from England, you know, and is im- mensely superior to any mere Ameri- can tobacco. Did you say it was probably grown in Virginia and shipped to London? Yes—yes—that is true, but they know how to mix 'emi over there, long ex- perfence, and all that sort of thing. An old smoker told you that tobacco absorbed sea air, in crossing the At- lantic. and never tasted right after- ward? Why, my dear sir, that is absurd! They pack tobacco in air- tight tins, and the thing is impossible, simply impossibie. ile has such pity for your 90 brands and such faith in the A. A. Mixture, aithough he has not smoked a pipe for many years. “T it, old man, and taste something good % e Now, the one to whom all this ad- vice 15 given knows perfectly iwel that the A. A. Mixture wi!! turn out to be no better or worse than the best (or worst) of the 90 nds he has al- ready smoked. - Has he not tried the famous London tobacco that costs Ameriea—T70 cents per ounce? he not also | stuffed into his briar another famous London mixture at the nobby sum of 50 cents an ounce? An ounce of tobacco is not very much, so that the two London blends are practically worth their weight in #old. Yet perfectly honest opinion forces the American consumer to ad- mit that they are no better, although slightly different, than many straight United States tobaccos on the market at_much less cost. _ Why should a good American pay 70 cents for an ounce of tobacco when he can get as good & mixture here for 10 _cents an ounce? S0 vou are not even golng to dij nify your know-it-all young gentleman by trying his Z. Z, Mixture, or what- ever he called it. But he does siightly irritate you, you admit it to yourself, after he has gone. Perhaps you should speak harshly to him, admonish him severely, in this wi Young fellow, you make me tired. “Instead of sneering at my 90 blends, insinuating that I really don't know good tobacco when I smoke it, you should simply say vou remember a mixture that struck your fancy once, and let it go at that. “I am quite willing to allow you to prefer any tobacco vou wisk Per- haps your acquaintance with the blends was rudimentary. Maybe A. A. really was the hest you tried. “Give me credit, however, for hav- ing smoked 90 different brands, every one guaranteed to be perfect by the manufacturer. Kindly consider that | | | { know it, too, as w out of 10 nove THIS AND . THAT BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL. 1 kept my associates in tobacco for a month, while I was trying and dis- carding them, one after the other. “Tell me, but don’t sneer meé! * kK K He always has read a newer, better book than you have, or, if old books are the subject of conversation, some erudite work that no one ever heard of, but which, under his praise, sud- denly turns out to be one of the most wonderful works in all literature. You may have prided yourself on having read (not “everything,” which absurd) a great deal of the world's best, and a large amount of distinctly the world’s worst. One has to plow through the worst to find the best. Yet your work of years is as naught if you have not read the book he praises. Is it not curious how one book can thus totally wipe out a thou- sand books? We rather think it is! To be a day late in reading the “latest” novel is to be woefully behind in the march of the centuries. Of course, you have more than a suspi- cion that it wiil make not the slight- est difference whether you ever read the latest “best selier” or not. Your experience with books has told you heyond dispute that there is a woefully large amount of trash printed every year. The publishers you dg, but they are never e y sure what will make a hit_and what will not, so they must take a chance If they can publ 1s, the h one “big hit’ will be satisfied. Our young man, though, knows bet- ter than the men who have made pub- lishing their lite work. He positivel knows that ash Days™ is doomed V. the book publish- ers had better get him on their * _The shows you have seen, the mu- sic u have heard, count 4, the divine melodies he ha ed before him. 1 we could be as sure of anything in the world as he is about everything. . Somehow doubts have a habit of cropping up in our mind. The dim horizons of memory tell us of doubts that panned out when the full sun of day revealed how we would have been “taken in” woefully had we listened to the siren voice of optimism. _ Yet daubts never assail our good friend. The house he owns is perfeet, the radio he listens to is positively the best on the market, the tone quality is unexcelled, the clotheshe wears are ;'10 last word Xl}: style, and the church he graces eacl S ing blace of Gge elect, > 0 “biding Happy (#fow! Yet we would him. _S!rnngly We I t the urge like him. For the sake of our i mortal soul, we must not be like him! He is the sort who glides along on rqhher wheels, and does not see nor wish to see the misery on every side. A pathetic kitten in the gutter, mis- cd by young cruelty, to him is s than an expensive plush cat made by London craftsmen who “‘imitate animals wonderfully well, you know. Underfed_children, 11l kept homes, airt, distress, d these he never sees, because he does not want to see them. 1lis country is the best in tho world, and these things ought not to exist in it. Really, you know, they ought not. not willingly be like Country Finds In Rodgers’ It is hard for the Nation to realize that death has at last won its victory over the brave naval officer, Comdr. John Rodgers, who, one year ago, slipped out of the fingers of the grim Reaper that waited for him and his companions on the tossing Pacific. But he has gone. Flowers lie on his grave and the press of the coun- try lays with them its laurel wreaths of praise for an intrepid soul. The tragedy brings to the mind of the Memphis Commercial-Appeal the words, “We come like water and like wind we go,” and “We cannot tell when the going will be.” “It is not in the method of going. It is the spirit with which it is faced daily and with which it is met in avhatever form it arrives,” commen the Fort Worth Record-Telegram, sa. ing further: “The Comdr. Rodge who was pinned beneath his wre ed machine was the same man who worked out the salvation of himself and his crew out in the middle of the Pacific. And that is all there is to being of ‘the service.'” The Shreve- port Journal records how “Comdr. Rodgers, with death rapidly closing in upon him, gave an exhibition of patience and bravery complain- ingly he directed his rescuers toward the removal of his broken and mangled bedy, and then, thoughtfully, reques ed that word be sent to his mothe) who unsuccessfully tried to reach his |'bedside before he passed away two hours after the tragic collapse of the plane 3 ook Tributes to Comdr. Rodgers are widespread and have the ring of sin- cerity. “He was one of the outstand- ing figures in the Navy's flying ser ice and one of the most capable of pllots in the world,” savs the Seattle Daily Times, which al notes that *“his modest deportment and his un- usual resourcefulness endea to his fellow countrymen.” T! land Tribune, writing in the city which “he took off on the flight to ‘Hawaii and to which he was welcomed upon his return after an adventure which wrote his name and those of mpanlons into American hi v,” describes the commander that time as “a tall man, embarra at the honors heaped upon him, v spoke to the hundreds at a community dinner in Oakland, giving the praise to his craft, his superiors and his co panions, and accepting as his respons bility the fact that his plane did not reach its destination. He was a brave man and a modest one,” concludes the Tribune. “The spirit of Comdr. Rodgers, U. 8. N., still rides the cloud: confi- | dently exclaims the Grand Rapids Herald, while the Trenton Evening Times declared ‘‘‘John Rodgers’ has become one of the Navy’s ennobling traditions.” The Baltimore Sun com- mends the dead hero's unswerving de- votion to duty, courage, simplicity and honesty, all of which he had in re- markable measure. And such charac- teristics are rare enough to make the man who has them nk far above those whose chief claim to fame is mere superficial brilliance,” continues this paper. The Bloomington Daily Pantagraph desires to ‘“pay the dribute of praise and appreciation to Comdr. Rodgers, who met his death in his ‘line of duty’ no less than if he Pad fallen in actlon with face to the oe." L T R Calling attention to the bravery that was his even in his younger days, the Passaic Daily Herald recalls how, “as !a young ensign. he was one of the first men of the Navy to go up in the air as ‘the tail of a kite,’ as he ex- pressed it. testing the lifting power of {a huge kite." and also notes that “he was one of the first two naval officers who learned to fly This paper alse records the fact.that with his passing, for the first time since iis beginning T 'lhe United States Navy today is with- up everything could he be sure de bardest to talk 'bout sumpln‘jelse,” out a John Rodgers in its officer per- Inspiration Life of Service sonnel.” The Flint Daily Journal, pa ribute to the stock from which Comdr. Rodgers sprang, saying: “Comdr. Rodgers came of a famous ighting men. He was the son al John A. Rodgers, one of the founders of the new American 1t had been the boast of the nily that there had been a Rodgers h ver since there was a The famous line perished with Comdr. Rodgers,” “It is uplifting to all men to have the example before them of one man who prefers a life and work full of hazard, in order that he may aid in the development of something that \}'111 bring undreamed-of benefits to future men ys the Omaha World- erald. “That the kind of man John Rodgers was; the kind of man that more of us ought to strive to be.” Speaking in similar vein, the Holly- wood Daily Citizen praises the dead hero as “the type of man who places h mission in life above personal : or personal advancement, as ay be seen by his refusal a few months ago to retain an important naval position in the City of Washing- ten because he felt that he could do more good for the serv ormance of active aviation The Butte Datly Post 1auds him ae e splendid example of American cit- izenship and an inspiring model to other officers of the line,” and deciares that the records of the naval tinction, and in the affection of the citizens of this Natlon as well as the scientific world In gereral, the name of Comdr. John Rodgers will shine illustrious, worthy successor to noble forbears.” THINK IT OVER A Freshman College. By William Mather Lewis, President George Washington University.| In order to keep pace with the con- stantly changing demands of compli- cated modern life, numerons colleges and universities are conducting sur- veys in order to learn what improve- ments may be made in curriculum, t ng and administration. In some stances these surveys are made by members of the .university staff; in others, by experts from the outs In a number of cases committees of students have made intelligent con- tributions to discussions tending to increase the effectiveness of the in- stitution. For instance, the report on undergraduate education of the Dart- mouth College senior committee has received widespread consideration. The Harvard student committee re- port likewise has proved a thing of great value. And now comes the un- dergraduate report of the University of Oregon—"An estimate of the intel lectual activity within the university’ suggested changes in administrative policies.” That these students have something constructive and progressive to offer is shown by this recommendation: “The committee recommends most strongly the establishment of a fresh- man college which would include within its membership all freshmen enrolled in the University of Oregon. “The freshman college would be an | integral part in a program of ‘drama- tizing’ the development of the scholas- tie side of the university education, a step which the committee believes would be extremely valuable in arous- ing within the student an awareness of the possibilities and the functions of higher education.” Truly, these ultimate. consumers have suggested something which faculties and admini: should carefully consider. (Copyrish. 19§ service to which he added notable dis- H WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 1926. Politics at Large By G. Gould Lincoln. With the control of the Senate serfously at stake, the regular Repub- lican organization, including the Re- publican national committee and the senatorial campaign committee, head- ed respectively by Senator William M. Butler of Massachusetts and Senator Phipps of Colorado, two of the most regular of regulars, is not scanning so closely this year the republicanism of nominees as it was inclined to do not so many months ago. In fact, the organization is likely to.get be- hind any candidate nominated by the Republicans of any State. Efforts to have all the Republican candidates cut'from the same pattern as Sena- tor Butler or Senator Phipps, for ex- ample, are not being made, except in some of the primary fights. Once the candidates have been nominated, the organization is preparing to swal- low them even though they may be distasteful. The fact of the matter is that any further attempts to mon- key with the spectal brand of repub- licanism developed in some of the Western States holds danger for the Republicans nationally. * ok * Take the case of Col. Smith Brook- hart out in Iowa. He was nominated overwhelmingly over the late Senator Cummins in the primary there last June. Not many weeks earlier, he had been thrown out of the Senate largely because of some of the more stiff-necked Republicans in the Sen- ate and his seat given to Senator Steck, a Democrat. A vear before that Brookhart had been read out of party councils because he followed La Follette in his fizht for the presi- dercy in 1924. What do we find now? Brookhart has been recognized as the head of the party ticket in Iowa, and the organization which fought him so hard, and which even threw its sup- port to Steck in the 1924 election, is to back him. Almost it is necessary to rub the eyes to make sure this is not a dream. A o Take North Dakota and Wisconsin, other States which have been storm centers from the Republican regulars’ point of view. In the first, Senator Nye, progressive Rey lican and critic of the administration, has been nominated. He will have some regular Republican opposition in the general election in November, but the national party organization will take no chances on letting a Democrat win that State, if a Democrat threat- ens it serlou In Wisconsin it ap- pears that the regulars ultimately will have to swallow Gov. John J, Blaine, La Follette progressive. Much as the Republican leaders ¢ dislike the job, and some of them frankly do, it looks as though they would have to_get behind Col. Frank Smith, the choice of the Repub- licans in the Illinois senatorial pri- maries, and put him across in Novem- ber, prepared to fizht to seat him if his right to be seated is cnntqsted in the Senate itself. The revelations re- warding the big contributions of Sam- wel Insull, utilities magnate, to the Sraith primary campaign have brought many sighs and shakings of the head. Put the Republicans are not so “choosy” this year. ) In Pennsylvania they will back Wil- liam S. Vare, notwithstanding the fact it was shown that the expenditures made in the interest of Vare's can- didacy for the nomination caused the Newberry expenditures in Michigan several years ago to pale into insis- Unificance. d* kK kK The “safe and sane” campaign which the Republicans waged so successfuily 1924, when President Coolidge was in 1 clected by the largest plurality in the popular vote ever given any Presi- dent, is being duplicated this Fall in the “prosperit slogan which has been generally adopted by the leaders of the Republican senatorial and con- gressional campaigns. The voters are being told everywhere not to upset the apple cart, not to rock the boat when everything is moving smoothly. The appeal to the pocketbook feelings of the voters is not without its strength. Rarely has there been a political upset in this country when business was fairly good and the people contented. Notwithstanding local issues in some States, the Democrats have a tough task going up against this prosperity appeal. * Senator Stanfield, Republican, of Oregon, is causing the senatorial cam- palgn committee some worry just at present. His persistence in attempt- ing to enter the senatorial contest this Fall as an independent aiter he has been defeated for the Republican nomination is the cause of this worry. Members of the committee fear that if Stanfield really enters the race he will divide the Republican vote with Frederick Steiwer, the nominee of the party, and will permit Bert E. Haney, Democratic nominee, to slip into the Senate by a plurality vote. Oregon is rated a Republican State, and with an undivided front the Republicans insist they can elect Steiwer this year. Supporters of Steiwer have taken the matter of anfield’s independent candidacy into the courts, claiming that under the Oregon primary law a candidate has to state before the primary that if he is not successful he will not Le a candidate on another party ticket in the general election. The Steiwer people insist that this provision would prevent a candidate from running as an independent after he had failed to win a party nomination. IR The announcement from Kansas City, Mo., that Senator “Jim” Reed would not be a candidate for re- election to the Senate in 1928 will be regretted by his admirers, of whom he has a host. Possibly circumstances | may arise that will cause Senator Reed to change his mind, as, for example, Senator Norris of Nebraska * % % did two yvears ago after he had said | he would not be a. candidate. Senator Reed now says he cannot conceive of this happening in his case. Today Senator Reed is an outstanding figure not only on the Democratic side of the Senate” chamber, but in the entire Senate. A - forceful debater, some- times at odds with his own party leaders, as in the case of the World Court, he has become particularly prominent in the present Congress. There is talk that the Democrats of Missourl and elsewhere will seek his nomination for President at the next Democratic naiional convention. Sure- Iy, “the world do move” after all. It was only a few short years ago that Democrats of his own State read him out of the party, or attempted to do so, and would not give him a seat in the Democratic national committee. This because of his opposition to President Wilson in- the League of Nations fight in the Senate. Senator Reed has never left the people or his colleagues in doubt as to where he stands on any important public ques- | tion. It makes little difference to him | whether he be with the majority or the minority. He is called a wet and as such he has voted and spoken. This might not sit well on some of | the Democratic stomachs at the na- tional conyention. But there are other prominent presidential possibili- | ties among the Democrats who nlso' are wets—notably Gov. Al Smith of New York, Gov. Ritchie of Maryland and former Senator Pomerene of Ohio, | Should the last-named defeat Senator Willis in Ohio in November it begins " | tate | Coolidge | was placed in command of the fi ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS BY FREDERIC J. HASKIN. Q. I H. A. Photo-radio is the process of sending a single picture from one point to another by electricity in 3 to 20 minutes. Capt. R. 1. Ranger effected the ‘first completely auto- matic radio transmission of pictures across the ocean in 1924, which was called a ‘“‘photo-radiogram.” Q. Was “The Midshipman” the first motion picture ever taken at Annap- olis, aside from news pictures?—E. E. A. At the time of its production What is a photo-radiogram?— Q. What State has the largest proportion of working women?—S. H. A. According to the Women's Bu- reau, Department of Labor, South Carolina is the State having the great- est proportion of its women at work —more than one-third—while West Virginia has the smallest proportion —about one-ninth. Q. Why not grow all fruits and shrubs from seeds?—O. M. A. Where improvements have been made, these qualities are not trans- mitted through the seed, but are per- petuated through the buds. Hence, the necessity of using parts of the plant itself by budding, grafting and layering. Q. What does it say on the tablet that the Statue of Liberty holds?— W R A. The book held in its left hand represents a “Book of Laws,” which the sculptor, Bartholdl, says was to remind the incoming immigrants that without obedience to law _ there could be no true lberty. The in: seription thereon reads: July 1V MDCCCLXXVI. It was the inten- tion of the French to present the gift upon the hundredth anniversary ot our independence. There was de- lay and disappointment, and the of- flelal presentation was not made un- til July 4, 1884, n Taris. Q. Please advise me of a way to produce real lightning on a stage.— . McG. GA4 The Bureau of Standards says that to produce realistic lightning discharges would require too much apparatus and in addition would be dangerous. By means of a carbon are and a suitable shutter, the ap- pearance of lightning flashes off stage can readily be produced, but to imi- ‘an actual lightning flash where the streak could be observed by the audience is a much more difficult matter. . Please relate the story of "the cofimr sition of “Rock of Ages.” — LY 3 A. According to the story, Wes- ley, the great leader and hymn writ- er, and Toplady, the Anglican church- man, met and were drawn into a very heated argument over some current theological questions. They argued until long after midnight. Neither yielded a point. When thev separated, -Toplady was wrought up to a high state of spiritual ex; ment. Not being able to sleep, he sat and thought. In 2 moment of exalta- tion the words of the hymn. “Rock of Ages,” began to come to his mind He began to write. Hefore dawn he had produced this gnaster hymn. Q. How many chapters are there in “The Book of the Dead"?—J. M. A. There are 106 chapters. It Is the chief monument of the religious literature of Egypt. Q. What the limerick that Woodrow Wilson used to quote abont his own looks?—C. R. C. A. “For beauty I am not a star, There are others more handsome by far; y face, I don't mind it, for T am be hind it, It's the people in front that T jar." Q. What is that takes food out of a crocodile’s mouth?—P. E. B. A. The spur-winged plover (Vane! lus) enters the mouth of the croco dile to pick out and eat the insects at tached to the mucous membrane. Q. Will you explain the go-caiied “apprenticeship tax” levied in France —W. G. A. An apprenticeship tax was pro vided for in the French financinl law passed July 13 . By the terms of the law a so-c “gggeenticeshi tax” is imposed on every person or o1 ganization engaged in industrial, osm- merclal or mining enterprises, witia ? certain exceptions, whose annual paw roll amounts to more than 10, francs. The tax is to be used to ex tend the work of trade, commerecial and industrial schools, of the natlonal vocational &chools, and of occupa tional or other courses which have for their object the restoration of ap prenticeship training or the prepara tion of young people for a commerein or industrial occupation, and also to extend the development of seientifi labhoratories. Q. What is pollopas?—M. R A. Pollopas is a recent invention b an Austrian chemist, Dr. Fritz Pollak The material, which I3 frequently called “flexible glass,” is made by a chemical process out of formaldehyde and urea. Q. What does Casllla de Correox mean?—P. B. P. A. The Post Office Department says that these words mean post office box. Many people make the mistake of thinking they are a person’s name because they appear at the bottom of many letters from Cuba. Find out whatevs: know. There is no in this busy world. The person whno loses out is the one who guesses. The person who gets on is always the one who acts upon reliable information This paper employs Frederic J. Haskin to conduct an information bureaw in Washington for tie irce use of the public. There is no charge, except 2 cents in stamps for return pos Write to him today for any facts you desire, Address The Ev uou want (o . for ignoran: ¢ Information Bureaw, Frederic J Kin, Director, Washington, D. C. BY FREDERIC WILLIAM WILE. Senator Tenroot's defeat for renomi- pation is the most significant “Cool- idge defeat” in this year's primaries because the Wisconsin man is the only candidate for whom the Presi- dent went directly and demonstra- tively to bat. The occasion was the dedication of the John Ericsson statue in May. Referring to Lenroot’s Scandinavian ancestry, Mr, Coolidge eulogized him in terms that were an unmistakable indorsement of the Sen- ator's impending candidacy. In a sense, too, Lenroot is the biggest same the antl-World Court sharpshooter have thus far brought down. Ife was the official leader of the adminis tration’s fight for ratification _hl the Senate last Winter. While it was mainly the La Follette influence that destroyed Lenroot in yesterday’s pri- mary, Messrs. Borah, Reed, Johnson et al. will inevitably claim that he has gone down to political perdition be- cause of his entangling alllance with “internationalism.” * k% Irvine L. Lenroot's career is as tragic a story of blasted hopes as modern politics records. But for un- expected events at the Itepublican national convention in 1920 Lenroot might be President of the United States toda. It was in the cards that he was to be Warren G. Har- ding’s running mate as vice pres dential nominee. Lenroot had actual- ly been placed in nom!nation. The convention machinery was set to select him virtually by acclamation. Then McCamant of Oregon flung the celebrated monkey-wrench and nom nated Gov. Calvin Coolldge of Massa- chusetts for Vice President. The con- vention was promptly stampeded for Coolidge. Then Harding was elected, {naugurated and passed from the scene. Vice President Coolidge suc- ceeded Harding and became his own successor two years late It is a foregone conclusion that President Coolidge will “take care” of so eminent a lame duck as Senator Len- root, if the latter desires to remain in public life. The attorney general- ship, a Supreme Court justiceship or a foreign ambassadorship is one of the plums likely to be offered him before many months are past. e In thelr panic-stricken quest for a man who can beat ““Al” governor, New York Republicans threaten a wholesale raid on Amer- ica's corps of foreign ambassadors. No fewer than three of them figure in the list of gubernatorial pos tles that will be considered by the State convention on September 27 Schurman, our envoy in is out in front. 1If he proves nomination-shy or otherwise unavailable the leaders will cast a furtive eye in the direction of Alan- son B. Houghton, American envoy at London.. A third alternative fis * James R. Sheffield, Ambassador to! Mexico, who conferred with President in the Adirondacks this week. Under ordinary circumstances few men dodge the New York guber- natorial nomination because of the governorship’s classio value as & presidential stepping stone. G. O. P., in its confidential moments, concedes’ that this is pretty much of a Smith year in the biggest State of the Union. All three of the envoys are expected to attend the convention and be vAthin reach of the lightning. * ok ok K Robert E. Lee, prior to the Civil ‘War, was once superintendent of the United States Military Academy at ‘West Point. Now another gallant Vir- ginlan, Brig. Gen. Merch B. Stewart, has just entered upon that position and taken charge of the famed train ing school on the stately heights of the Hudson. Stewart enjoys high repute in the Army as an educator of soldiers. He was assistant to Gen. Leonard Wood in the early days of the original Plattsburg camp. After we entered the World War, Stewart regiment of rookies at the first war training camp in Plattsburg. Later he achieved a brilllant record as com- manding officer of a brigade in France | during the closing period of the war. Gen. Stewart finds himself at the 10 look as it a real wet-and-dry hattle would be waged in the Democratic convention in 1928, head of West Point in the vear which marks the thirtieth anniversary of his graduation from the Military Academy. *vlv\uly_ he has seen Smith for | ibili- | But the | service there as a_tactical officer and as commandant of cadet: Albert Jeremiah Beveridge is win: ing up the Summer at Beverly, Mass i putting the finishing touches’ to his new “life” of Abraham Lincoin. Washingtonian who recently v statesman's failings is a somewhat inactive sense of humor. Not lonz ago, according to the authority jusi mentioned, a caller, affecting a. mic: of entire 'seriousness, said to Bev- “Senator, your admirers ha thought it was extreme! | sportsmanlike of you to devote two | magnificent volumes to Marshall, se« ing that you and he were poStical enemies out in Indiana so many ." Beveridge steadied himself and ejaculated, “My God, man! Sure you know I wrote the life of not Tom, Marshall, don't you * ok ok Kk The International Chautauqua. As: ion is annual convention at Philadelphia this week. One of the pioneer Ch tauqua men of the country, Dr. | M. Pearson of Swarthmore, I'a. seizes upon the oeccasion to correct a long-standing misapprekension about William Jennings Bryan's Chautauqua activities, Most professional speak s who seck fame and fortune as lent” beneath the big brown Ch tauqua tents ask, and customarily recelve, a cash guarantes for their services, no matter whether the out to be drawing cards or not. ' ets for Chautauqu Pe: plains, “are usually sold for the en tire week of its stay in a town-—that i, patrons buy, at speeial rates, tiek ets which entitle them to attend all the performances of the week. Bryan never recefved any part of this money He always agreed to come for one- half of the estra admissions (casch money) attracted to the tent by his presence. It brought him a good sum, but there are mighty few Chautauqu:, lecturers or entertainers who would be willing to take that chance. Bryan had confidence in his drawing power.* ok ok K eum holding its and When the Washington diplomatic season reopens, following the return of the President and vacation making Am lors and Ministers, there will be a new dean of the diplomate corps. He is Baron de Cartler de Magchienne who inherlts that coveted Fank fol. lowing the retirement of Sen or Don Juan Riano, the Spanish Am! X | Baron de er is now { eleventh successive vear as fenvoy in the United States. He held | the rank of Minister at the time of his arrival In 1916, becoming Ambas- | sador in 1919 at the time of King Al bert's visit to America. The Baroness de Cartier, like the preceding doyenne of the corps, Mme. Jusserand, is an American, formerly Miss Marie Dow of Boston. The Belgian Ambassador, through long residence in this coun- j try, enjoys a wide acquaintance both with American public men and with American politics. At home, in hise own country, de Cartler ranks high as a statesman. He has spent the Summer in Belgium, famillarizine { himself with present-hour European conditions. * X k% A Washington colored man almost as famous as Maj. Arthur Brooks, colored custodian of the White House, ho has just passed away, is John ms, head barber of the United States Senate. Once upon a time a barber's side line was surgery. Sims' outside specialty 18 soul-saving. Ie is pastor of the Universal Holiness Church, a prominent negro congregation. Sims before the Civil War was a slave in the South. After emancipation he set- tled down in Towa as a barber. It was through the ministrations of the late Senators James F. Wilson and Willlam B. Allison of the Hawkeye State that he came to Washington and eventually was made boss of the Senate tonsorial establishment. States. men galore, Including many Vi Presidents, have intrusted their chins to Sims’ care and also gone to hear him preach on Sundays. “What is it rour sermons?” Sims ked the other day. ation he said. "I preach salvation—the old.| fashioned gospel.” Fle is in his eighty-' third year and still vigorous. (Copsright, 1926.)